I'm John and I'm a freelance web developer. I have over 15 years of experience developing web systems using the latest tech for clients both huge and small. Rent my brain and I'll help you build your dream project.

Recent projects

WordPress Customization and Plugin Development

ABOUT: Custom theme and plugin development for WordPress. WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress can be extended to include any functionality desired via its flexible plugin architecture.

KEY TECHNOLOGY: PHP, WordPress

Magento®

TYPE OF WORK: Application development for the Magento e-commerce platform.

ABOUT: Custom module and feature development including customizations to all aspects of the customer-facing storefront and the backend store administration systems and databases.

ABOUT THE SITE: State of the art software development bug tracking application for small teams. AJAX technology used extensively throughout to provide desktop-like capabilities without requiring page refreshes.

ABOUT THE SITE: A comprehensive thesaurus, sounds-like reference, and rhyming dictionary. Users can suggest additional terms and phrases easily via AJAX-enabled forms that must be approved before being added. The site also includes a blogging post idea generator and a random plot/logline generator that is capable of creating millions of unique plot lines. Includes a public (free) and commercial API that can be accessed via a REST interface with output in text, XML, JSON, and serialized PHP.

ABOUT THE SITE: The leading online provider of thoughtful Christian audiobooks, lectures, and courses in digital download. Recently re-launched with Magento including full legacy data conversion from osCommerce.

ABOUT THE SITE: A unique and streamlined explorer for Sun Tzu’s ancient book. Innovative features include an online AJAX book reader; two-way, cross-referenced index with “tag cloud” display; and a highly functional people and search-engine friendly URL structure.

ABOUT THE SITE: News aggregation sites on any topic that combine information from multiple sources into a cohesive interface called “blocs” a la popurls.com. Behind-the-scenes technology includes an RSS feed aggregator and a system for replicating a new bloc on any topic in under five minutes.

KEY TECHNOLOGY: PHP, MySQL database, RSS

Skills, platforms, languages, technologies, etc.

Over 14 years of experience as full-stack developer

JavaScript

HTML5, XHTML, CSS

HTML5 game development

PHP

MySQL

AJAX

Linux server admin (LAMP)

Apache and Lighttpd web servers

Integrating with 3rd-party APIs (Google, Yahoo, Amazon, Flickr, etc.)

Blogging and podcasting tools and platforms

Content management systems

Digital art drawing and painting

Other stuff

A long time ago, I worked at Mattel, Inc., in El Segundo, where I was the lead developer behind the first few iterations of HotWheels.com and Barbie.com. I’m listed as a co-inventor on the My Design Barbie doll patent (#6,206,750)—no, seriously—because I helped design and build the website and backend systems for personalizing the dolls online and communicating with a fulfillment process in China.

In the early 2000’s, I was a lead developer at Channelwave where I helped create customized web e-commerce systems for major manufacturers like HP, Sony, Toshiba, Maxtor, Western Digital, Sharp, Kia Motors, ATI, Hawk Clothing, Logitech, Lexmark, and many others. Then I started freelancing.

I have a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Computer Engineering from UC Irvine.

I contributed to the O’Reilly book Flickr Hacks. I’m also a published photographer with photographs in JPG Magazine Issue 7, Flickr Hacks by Jim Bumgardner & Paul Bausch, How to Use Flickr by Richard Giles, Create Your Own Photo Blog by Catherine Jamieson, Digital Photography and Lighting by Catherine Jamieson & Sean McCormick.

I’m a husband and father of two. Raising children is simultaneously the toughest and most fulfilling job I’ve ever had.

My services are more expensive than the guys you’ll find on those “hire a developer” sites. Email me if you’re frustrated with throwing your money away on “inexpensive” web developers.

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